User:Enjoymoreradio/sandbox/2006 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament

2006 NCAA Division III
men's basketball tournament

Teams	59
Finals site	Salem Civic Center Salem, Virginia
Champions	Virginia Wesleyan (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four)
Runner-up	Wittenberg (4th title game, 7th Final Four)
Semifinalists	Illinois Wesleyan (4th Final Four) Amherst (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Dave Macedo (1st title)
MOP	Ton Ton Balenga (Virginia Wesleyan)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «2005 2007»

The 2006 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college basketball in the United States. Featuring fifty-nine teams, it began on March 3, 2006, following the 2005-06 season, and concluded with the championship game on March 18, 2022.

The national semifinal and championship rounds were held at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia. The tournament was won by the Virginia Wesleyan Marlins.

Tournament schedule and venues

Clinton, NY

Cortland

Northfield

Worcester

Amherst

Pittsford

Springfield

Holland

Clinton, MS

Lexington

Collegeville

Lower Oxford

New York

York

Virginia Beach

St. Paul

Whitewater

Los Angeles

Rock Island

Appleton

Tacoma

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2022 first and second round host sites
First round only (blue), second round only (green), both (red)

100km
62miles

York

New York

Lower Oxford

Collegeville

Pittsford

Amherst

Worcester

Northfield

Cortland

Clinton

  

2022 first and second round host sites, Northeast
First round only (blue), second round only (green), both (red)

First and second rounds

First round games were played at campus sites on March 2 and March 3, with second round games following on March 4.

On the basis of team strength and geography, these locations were chosen to host first and second round games in the 2022 tournament:

First-round

• Margaret Bundy Scott Field House, Clinton, New York (Host: Hamilton College)
• Andrews Hall, Northfield, Vermont (Host: Norwich University)
• D.L. Helfferich Hall, Collegeville, Pennsylvania (Host: Ursinus College
• Schoenecker Arena, St. Paul, Minnesota (Host: University of St. Thomas
• Rush Gymanasium, Los Angeles, California (Host: Occidental College)

Second round

• LeFrak Gymnasium, Amherst, Massachusetts (Host: Amherst College)
• Manning & Napier Varsity Gymnasium, Pittsford, New York (Host: St. John Fisher College)
• Jane P. Batten Student Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia (Host: Virginia Wesleyan University)
• Alexander Gymnasium, Appleton, Wisconsin (Host: Lawrence University)
• Memorial Fieldhouse, Tacoma, Washington (Host: University of Puget Sound)

First and second rounds

• Cortland, New York (Host: State University of New York College at Cortland)
• Harrington Auditorium, Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
• HPER Center, Springfield, Ohio (Host: Wittenberg University)
• DeVos Fieldhouse, Holland, Michigan (Host: Hope College)
• A. E. Wood Coliseum, Clinton, Mississippi (Host: Mississippi College)
• Clive M. Beck Center, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: Transylvania University)
• Manuel Rivero Hall, Lower Oxford Township, Pennsylvania (Host: Lincoln University)
• Baruch College Ahletics & Recreation Center, New York City, New York (Host: Baruch College)
• Charles Wolf Gymnasium, York, Pennsylvania (Host: York College of Pennsylvania)
• David L. Kachel Gymnasium, Whitewater, Wisconsin (Host: University of Wisconsin–Whitewater)
• Roy J. Carver Center, Rock Island, Illinois (Host: Augustana College)

Third and fourth rounds

200km
125miles

Salem

Appleton

Virginia Beach

Springfield

Amherst

  

2022 third and fourth round (blue) and Final Four (red) host sites

Third and fourth round games were played at campus sites on March 10 and March 11.

At the conclusion of the second round, the NCAA announced the following locations would host third and fourth round games.

• LeFrak Gymnasium, Amherst, Massachusetts (Host: Amherst College)
• HPER Center, Springfield, Ohio (Host: Wittenberg University)
• Jane P. Batten Student Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia (Host: Virginia
• Alexander Gymnasium, Appleton, Wisconsin (Host: Lawrence College)

National Semifinals and Championship

The National Semifinals and Championship took place on March 17 and March 18.

• Salem Civic Center, Salem, Virginia (Host: Old Dominion Athletic Conference)

Salem served as host for the Final Four for the eleventh consecutive year.

Qualifying teams

Pool A (37)

The following 37 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2006 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid.

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Conference	Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Conference
Lake Erie	21-6 (15-3)	Allegheny Mountain	Mississippi College	27-1 (21-1)	American Southwest
Ursinus	21-6 (16-3)	Centennial	York (NY)	15-13 (9-4)	CUNYAC
Catholic	21-6 (10-4)	Capital	North Central (IL)	22-5 (9-5)	CCIW
Endicott	19-9 (13-3)	Commonwealth Coast	St. John Fisher	24-3 (13-1)	Empire 8
Norwich	20-7 (13-5)	Great Northeast	Transylvania	24-4 (12-2)	Heartland
Buena Vista	15-13 (10-6)	Iowa Intercollegiate	Wisconsin Lutheran	14-14 (8-6)	Lake Michigan
Hamilton	22-4 (12-2)	Liberty	UMass Boston	18-10 (10-4)	Little East
Messiah	18-9 (9-5)	MAC Commonwealth	Scranton	21-6 (11-3)	MAC Freedom
Bridgewater State	17-9 (8-4)	MASCAC	Hope	26-2 (12-2)	Michigan Intercollegiate
Lawrence	24-0 (16-0)	Midwest	St. Thomas	22-5 (17-3)	Minnesota Intercollegiate
Amherst	25-2 (8-1)	NESCAC	WPI	22-3 (9-3)	NEWMAC
William Paterson	20-7 (13-5)	New Jersey Athletic	Elms	22-6 (14-1)	North Atlantic
Wittenberg	25-3 (13-3)	North Coast	Puget Sound	21-4 (14-2)	Northwest
Baldwin-Wallace	24-4 (15-3)	Ohio Athletic	Virginia Wesleyan	25-3 (17-1)	Old Dominion
Alvernia	23-4 (17-1)	Penn. Athletic	Farmingdale State	22-5 (12-2)	Skyline
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	19-6 (13-1)	SCIAC	DePauw	15-12 (8-6)	Southern Collegiate
Maryville (MO)	18-8 (11-3)	SLIAC	Plattsburgh State	18-10 (8-8)	SUNYAC
Carnegie Mellon	20-5 (10-6)	University Athletic	Christopher Newport	20-7 (9-3)	USA South
UW-Whitewater	22-5 (13-3)	Wisconsin Intercollegiate

Pool B (4)

At-large bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Conference	Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Conference
Bethany (WV)	23-4 (12-0)	Presidents'	Lincoln (PA)	23-4	Independent
Maryville (TN)	20-7 (6-2)	Great South	Villa Julie	19-8 (14-5)	North Eastern

Pool C (18)

The following 20 teams were awarded qualification for the tournament field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee. The committee evaluated teams on the basis of their win–loss percentage, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, results against common opponents, and results against teams included in the NCAA's final regional rankings.

At-large bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Conference	Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Conference
Augustana (IL)	21-5 (11-3)	CCIW	Baruch	23-5 (12-1)	CUNYAC
Calvin	22-6 (13-1)	Michigan Intercollegiate	Carleton	21-6 (17-3)	Minnesota Intercollegiate
Carroll (WI)	21-4 (14-2)	Midwest	Occidental	19-5 (10-4)	SCIAC
Cortland	23-4 (14-2)	SUNYAC	Gordon	23-4 (16-1)	Commonwealth Coast
Illinois Wesleyan	20-6 (9-5)	CCIW	Randolph-Macon	22-6 (15-3)	Old Dominion
Trinity (TX)	20-6 (12-2)	Southern Collegiate	Tufts	21-6 (6-3)	NESCAC
Utica	21-6 (11-3)	Empire 8	UW-La Crosse	20-7 (10-6)	Wisconsin Intercollegiate
UW-Stout	21-6 (12-4)	Wisconsin Intercollegiate	Widener	21-5 (10-4)	MAC Commonwealth
Wooster	25-3 (15-1)	North Coast	York (PA)	24-3 (12-2)	Capital

Tournament bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Amherst, MA Sectional

First Round March 2-3 Campus Sites

Second Round March 4 Campus Sites

Sectional Semifinals March 10 Amherst, MA

Sectional Final March 11 Amherst, MA

Amherst, MA

Amherst

83

Clinton, NY – March 2

Hamilton

59

Hamilton

66*

Plattsburgh State

65

Amherst

90*

Tufts

85

Cortland

68

UMass Boston

54

Cortland

65

Cortland, NY – March 3

Tufts

68

Endicott

60

Tufts

83

Amherst

93

St. John Fisher

70

Pittsford, NY

St. John Fisher

71

Northfield, VT – March 2

Norwich

50

Norwich

82

Elms

70

St. John Fisher

94

Utica

78

WPI

79

Bridgewater State

62

WPI

58

Worcester, MA – March 3

Utica

76

Gordon

66

Utica

71

Sectional Final

March 11

Box Score

Amherst Lord Jeffs 93, St. John Fisher 70
Scoring by half: 44-27, 49-43
Pts: Dan Wheeler – 24 Rebs: Dan O'Shea – 8 Asts: Andrew Olson – 10		Pts: Raymie Auman, Mike McGee – 12 Rebs: Sean O'Brien, Isaiah Smalt – 5 Asts: Sean O'Brien – 3

LeFrak Gymnasium – Amherst, Massachusetts Attendance: 1700

Springfield, OH Sectional

	First Round March 3 Campus Sites				Second Round March 4 Campus Sites				Sectional Semifinals March 10 Springfield, OH				Sectional Final March 11 Springfield, OH
	Wittenberg	76
	Lake Erie	40
					Wittenberg	78
	Springfield, OH
					Baldwin-Wallace	60
	Carnegie Mellon	70
	Baldwin-Wallace	79
									Wittenberg	56
									Hope	49
	Hope	93
	Wisconsin Lutheran	51
					Hope	70
	Holland, MI
					Calvin	67
	UW-La Crosse	71
	Calvin	83
													Wittenberg	74
													Transylvania	61
	Mississippi College	86
	Maryville (MO)	58
					Mississippi College	69
	Clinton, MS
					Maryville (TN)	51
	Trinity (TX)	64
	Maryville (TN)	83
									Mississippi College	64
									Transylvania	76
	Transylvania	75
	Bethany (WV)	56
					Transylvania	91
	Lexington, KY
					Wooster	88
	Randolph-Macon	70
	Wooster	84

Sectional Final

March 17

Box Score

Wittenberg Tigers 74, Transylvania 61
Scoring by half: 27-22, 57-39
Pts: Kenny Brady, Daniel Russ – 12 Rebs: Daniel Russ – 13 Asts: Dane Borchers, Phil Steffes – 3		Pts: Bryan Howard – 18 Rebs: Bryan Howard – 8 Asts: Robert Pendleton – 5

HPER Center – Springfield, Ohio Attendance: 2435

Virginia Beach, VA Sectional

	First Round March 2-3 Campus Sites				Second Round March 4 Campus Sites				Sectional Semifinals March 10 Virginia Beach, VA				Sectional Final March 11 Virginia Beach, VA
					Virginia Beach, VA
					Virginia Wesleyan	71
	Collegeville, PA – March 2
					Farmingdale State	63
	Ursinus	82
	Farmingdale State	93
									Virginia Wesleyan	72
									Lincoln (PA)	71
	Lincoln (PA)	102
	Christopher Newport	96
					Lincoln (PA)	100
	Lower Oxford, PA – March 3
					Messiah	80
	Messiah	83*
	Alvernia	77
													Virginia Wesleyan	46
													William Paterson	35
	Baruch	71
	Villa Julie	86
					Villa Julie	48
	New York, NY – March 3
					William Paterson	72
	William Paterson	70
	Scranton	45
									William Paterson	52
									Widener	45
	York (PA)	87
	York (NY)	67
					York (PA)	69
	York, PA – March 3
					Widener	71
	Catholic	59
	Widener	61

Sectional Final

March 11

Virginia Wesleyan Marlins 46, William Paterson Pioneers 35
Scoring by half: 19-23, 27-12
Pts: Ton Ton Balenga – 13 Rebs: Brandon Adair, Ton Ton Balenga – 6 Asts: D'Juan Tucker – 3		Pts: Joey Spiegel – 15 Rebs: Tim Lucas – 7 Asts: Luis Martinez – 4

Batten Student Center – Virginia Beach, Virginia

Appleton, WI Sectional

	First Round March 2-3 Campus Sites				Second Round March 4 Campus Sites				Sectional Semifinals March 10 Appleton, WI				Sectional Final March 11 Appleton, WI
					Appleton, WI
					Lawrence	63
	St. Paul, MN – March 2
					St. Thomas (MN)	59
	St. Thomas (MN)	76
	North Central (IL)	68
									Lawrence	68
									Illinois Wesleyan	71
	UW-Whitewater	76
	DePauw	68
					UW-Whitewater	71
	Whitewater, WI – March 3
					Illinois Wesleyan	85
	Illinois Wesleyan	81
	Carroll (WI)	68
													Illinois Wesleyan	113
													Puget Sound	99
					Tacoma, WA
					Puget Sound	89
	Los Angeles, CA – March 2
					Occidental	81
	Occidental	48
	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	41
									Puget Sound	92
									Augustana	86
	Augustana (IL)	71
	Buena Vista	66
					Augustana	77
	Rock Island, IL – March 3
					UW-Stout	70
	Carleton	64
	UW-Stout	66

Sectional Final

March 11

Box Score

Illinois Wesleyan Titans 113, Puget Sound Loggers 99
Scoring by half: 48-49, 65-50
Pts: Keelan Amelianovich, Adam Dauksas – 26 Rebs: Zach Freeman ­– 10 Asts: Adam Dauksas – 13		Pts: Zack McVey – 27 Rebs: Chase Curtiss – 7 Asts: Chase Curtiss – 6

Alexander Gymnasium – Appleton, Wisconsin Attendance: 787

Final Four – Salem, Virginia

	National Semifinals March 17 Salem, VA				National Championship March 18 Salem, VA
	Amherst	60
	Wittenberg	64
					Wittenberg	56
					Virginia Wesleyan	59
	Virginia Wesleyan	81
	Illinois Wesleyan	79
					Third place
					Amherst	68
					Illinois Wesleyan	71

National Semifinals

March 17

Box Score

Amherst Lord Jeffs 60, Wittenberg Tigers 64
Scoring by half: 23-25, 37-39
Pts: Andrew Olson – 14 Rebs: John Bedford – 6 Asts: John Bedford, Andrew Olson – 3		Pts: Daniel Russ – 26 Rebs: Dane Borchers – 9 Asts: Gregg Hill – 3

Salem Civic Center – Salem, Virginia Attendance: 2665

March 18

Box Score

Virginia Wesleyan Marlins 81, Illinois Wesleyan Titans 79
Scoring by half: 37-38, 44-41
Pts: Brandon Adair – 29 Rebs: Brandon Adair – 8 Asts: Brandon Adair – 6		Pts: Keelan Amelianovich – 28 Rebs: Zach Freeman – 7 Asts: Adam Dauksas – 5

Salem Civic Center – Salem, Virginia Attendance: 2665

Third-Place Game

March 18

Box Score

Amherst Lord Jeffs 68, Illinois Wesleyan Titans 71
Scoring by half: 31-44, 37-27
Pts: Dan Wheeler – 20 Rebs: Tim McLaughlin – 7 Asts: John Casnocha, Tim O'Shea – 2		Pts: Keelan Amelianovich – 21 Rebs: Keelan Amelianovich – 8 Asts: Adam Dauksas – 5

Salem Civic Center – Salem, Virginia

National Championship

March 18

Box Score

Wittenberg Tigers 56, Virginia Wesleyan Marlins 59
Scoring by half: 29-19, 27-40
Pts: Dane Borchers – 15 Rebs: Daniel Russ – 9 Asts: Pat Denbow – 2		Pts: Ton Ton Balenga – 22 Rebs: D'Juan Tucker – 5 Asts: D'Juan Tucker – 3

Salem Civic Center – Salem, Virginia Attendance: 3435

All-Tournament Team

• Ton Ton Balenga (So, Virginia Wesleyan) – Most Outstanding Player
• Brandon Adair (Jr, Virginia Wesleyan)
• Dane Borchers (Jr, Wittenberg)
• Daniel Russ (Sr, Wittenberg)
• Keelan Amelianovich (Sr, Illinois Wesleyan)

Record by conference

Conference	Bids	Record	Win %	R59	R32	S16	E8	F4	CG	NC
Old Dominion	2	5-1	.833	1*	1	1	1	1	1	1
North Coast	2	6-2	.750	2	2	1	1	1	1
NESCAC	2	5-2	.714	1*	2	2	1	1
CCIW	3	6-3	.667	3	2	2	1	1
Empire 8	2	4-2	.750	1*	2	2	1
Heartland	1	3-1	.750	1	1	1	1
New Jersey Athletic	1	3-1	.750	1	1	1	1
Northwest	1	2-1	.667	-*	1	1	1
American Southwest	1	2-1	.667	1	1	1
Independent	1	2-1	.667	1	1	1
MAC Commonwealth	2	3-2	.600	2	2	1
Michigan Intercollegiate	2	3-2	.600	2	2	1
Midwest	1	1-1	.500	-*	1	1
Capital	1	1-1	.500	1	1
Great Northeast	1	1-1	.500	1	1
Great South	1	1-1	.500	1	1
Liberty	1	1-1	.500	1	1
NEWMAC	1	1-1	.500	1	1
North Eastern	1	1-1	.500	1	1
Ohio Athletic	1	1-1	.500	1	1
Skyline	1	1-1	.500	1	1
Wisconsin Intercollegiate	3	2-3	.400	3	2
Minnesota Intercollegiate	2	1-2	.333	2	1
SUNYAC	2	1-2	.333	2	1
SCIAC	2	1-2	.333	2	1
CUNYAC	2	0-2	.000	2
Commonwealth Coast	2	0-2	.000	2
Southern Collegiate	2	0-2	.000	2
Allegheny Mountain	1	0-1	.000	1
Iowa Intercollegiate	1	0-1	.000	1
Lake Michigan	1	0-1	.000	1
Little East	1	0-1	.000	1
MAC Freedom	1	0-1	.000	1
MASCAC	1	0-1	.000	1
North Atlantic	1	0-1	.000	1
Penn. Athletic	1	0-1	.000	1
Presidents'	1	0-1	.000	1
SLIAC	1	0-1	.000	1
University Athletic	1	0-1	.000	1
USA South	1	0-1	.000	1

• Members of the ODAC, NESCAC, Empire 8, NWC and MWC received byes to the second round.
• The 1R, 2R, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the First Round, Second Round, Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.

See also

• 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
• 2022 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
• 2022 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
• 2022 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament